Make it last forever...

Everyone I know is getting married. It's the craziest thing I've ever seen--all of the girls at work, people I went to high school with, everyone I come in CONTACT with is engaged, for the love of everything! And I feel so...left out.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to get hitched just yet. I can barely take care of myself, so how on God's green earth am I supposed to take care of someone else? I just miss...romance. Waking up next to someone, going through your day with them by your side, falling asleep in their arms at night...then waking up and doing it all again. I know that's the chick flick, Danielle Steele, movie-star-picture-perfect version of love that doesn't exist in real life, but what can I say? I'm a hopeless romantic.

I'm dating someone right now who lives 3,000 miles away. Needless to say, waking up next to him is impossible at this point. But I'm looking forward to seeing where things go. He's a great guy, and I'm lucky to have him. But I'm nowhere near ready for marriage right now. I still have to figure out who I am before I can commit myself to someone else.

Someone Special :)

Life is great right now! I cannot even begin to talk about how truly happy I am. All I can say is that some people come into your life for a reason, and that I'm looking to the future with a happy heart. I hope this works out the way I want it to...

LAU (Life After Undergrad): A "To Do" List

O. M. G. I graduate tomorrow. Ahhhhhhhh! What the heck am I going to do with no papers, so studying, no tests?!? Hopefully update my blog more. :) But I've got a list of things that I want to do after graduation, and I thought I'd share them with you:

1.) Take a vacation--I haven't been on one since I was 14.
2.) Buy a turtle
3.) Start dance classes or voice lessons
4.) Audition for plays/commercials
5.) Build a dollhouse
6.) Go to church and study the Word more frequently
7.) Cut my hair REALLY short (like, pixie)
8.) Write more poetry and participate in more open mics/slams
9.) Find and awesome job WITH BENEFITS
10.) Exercise
11.) Take pictures
12.) Go to cultural things (museums, plays, etc.)
13.) Read classic literature--I'm starting a summer reading list; please give me some suggestions.
14.) Save lots of money
15.) Pamper myself occasionally
16.) Learn to make pies/cook more in general
17.) Scrapbook
18.) Have a yard sale
19.) Go out and meet more people
20.) Watch every single episode of 'Daria'
21.) Study for/take the GRE and figure out if grad school is the next step for me

These are just some of the random things I've come up with for my life after college. I'll keep you posted on how I'm doing. Graduation pics will be posted on Sunday!

Getting there...

Ooh, girls. It has been quite some time since I've updated this bad boy. I know, I know--I'm messing up my New Year's resolution because I haven't been updating weekly, but it's been hella busy 'round these parts. So please bear with me.

First up, I graduate in 10 days! I can't believe I'm practically a college graduate. Right now I'm still burning the early morning oil in the computer lab finishing up papers for a few of my classes. I've still got finals week to go but I'm almost to the finish line (thank God). These have been the best four years of my life (so far) and I really can't believe they're almost over. I feel like I'll still go to the library and pretend to study for things just so I can have something to do in my free time.

Speaking for doing things in my free time, I've decided that I either want to start taking dance classes again or take up voice lessons as a hobby. I think I want to audition for plays and commercials and things; it's something I've always wanted to do and I might as well do it while I'm still young, right? I've always loved performing and doing either of these two things will allow me to do what I love on a regular basis.

Also, I competed in my first poetry slam today! I was really nervous about reading my poetry aloud--it's totally different than competing in speech. In speech, if someone hates your literature, you can always blame it on the author; in a slam, it's your original work that's up for criticism (or at least you're supposed to compete with your original work). But I had a blast and will probably post some of my poetry on here for y'all to read and comment on. I need to make sure that it's going to be copywritten though--I can't have some random person trying to jack my poetry swag, lol.

Anyhow, I supposed I should get back to studying. I just needed a break from all of this school business. I'm going to make an effort to update more frequently--after graduation I'll probably have more time, but I have to get internet in my apartment first. :) Until next time...

Back to reality...

The nationals blitz is finally over, and I don't know whether to be happy or sad. I'm glad that it's over and I can get back to school and work, but I'm so sad that I'll never compete at a forensics tournament again. There is one thing that makes me feel better though...I'm a national champion! Corn and I won duo!!! I've never been so happy. Hearing them announce our names as national champions was amazing. I'm so blessed to have had these four years of college forensics with all of the people I love.

Moments

I'm so sorry for the lack of blogging, y'all. The past ten days have been hectic to say the least. I went to my final AFA, and I'm currently writing from Springfield, Missouri--the site of my final NFA. Emotions are running through me and I'm having problems putting everything into words. All I can really say is that I'm cherishing every moment. More later.

Thanks...

I just got back from my last AFA-NIET. I've never been so emotional. Watching the people I see every single day put their game faces on and work like hell to bring the championship back home inspired me beyond measure. We won, and we fought for it. Thank you to everyone who sacrificed that extra hour of sleep to practice, who juggled class and school and work and life to take the place that we know we deserve--FIRST. I can't believe I get to live this life...